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Comment by ArkanExplorer

Why not just create buildings designed to last hundreds of years instead?

In many European cities (at least those that avoided becoming battlefields) there are apartment buildings hundreds of years old. I live in a 200 year old building built during the Austrian Empire, which has gigabit fiber amongst all of the other modern conveniences.

The interiors are typically redecorated every 20 years and the apartments themselves overhauled (ie. replace the floor, update wiring) about every 50 years. The facades and roofs are periodically maintained by the city.

The walls between neighbors are about 50cm of solid brick, so I also have complete silence and isolation.

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